📚 Topic: Zionist Policy in Palestine before WWII

🎉 Fun Fact! The Jewish Agency wasn't just a committee or a council. Think of it as a mini-government specifically for the Jews in Palestine. If it was Hogwarts, the Jewish Agency would be the headmaster's office!

• The Jewish Agency

  • It was the 'government' for the Jews in Palestine.

  • Handled big decisions like where Jews should settle and how Jewish children should be educated.

• 1937's Big Plan

  • Jewish Agency said "👍" to a British plan to split Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.

  • But many Jews in Palestine had a gut feeling they'd need to fight to keep a Jewish state alive.

  • Arab disagreement? Big time. They didn't want the division.

• David Ben-Gurion - A Key Player

  • He was like the captain of the Jewish Agency ship!

  • Even though he gave a nod to the 1937 partition plan, he was ambitious.

  • Real-World Example: Think of it like wanting to start with a small corner shop but dreaming of owning a mall one day! Ben-Gurion hoped that a small Jewish state would grow into all of Palestine.

• 1939 - The British Backtrack

  • UK: "Let's NOT split Palestine."

  • Jews: "😞" But, they didn't lose hope or spirit.

  • WWII kicks off and most Palestinian Jews sided with Britain against the bad guy (Nazi Germany).

  • Real-World Example: It's like training with a sports team. Even if they are your competitors, sometimes you need to team up for a bigger cause. And during this time, Jews got military skills and even some weaponry! Talk about preparation.

• 1944 - Partition Part 2

  • As WWII was about to close, Britain thought of dividing Palestine again.

  • BUT, after Lord Moyne (a British dude) was assassinated by the Stern gang (a Jewish extremist group), Britain said, "Nope!"